Dr. Alexandra Cristina Blaga graduated from the Faculty of Industrial Chemistry at Gheorghe Asachi Technical University in 2004 with a major in Biochemical Engineering. She obtained her Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the same university in 2011, and her Master’s Franco-Roumain in Bio-processes from Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in collaboration with Lille University in France in 2013. She is currently Associate Professor at the “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi. Her research interests include microbial biotechnology, extraction, chemical engineering, wastewater treatment, and environmental biotechnology.